The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-30
BOOK NOTICES.

/ INT National temperance Society of No. So
Reade street New York publisher
This is part H. of a series of prize essays
arranged by Mr.. Job H. Jackson, of Penn
| sylvania, for an American standard work
ON temperance. Part l., "Alcohol in Sci
ence," by Dr. William Hargreaves, was
published some years ago, but the publica-
Ilon OF part Ii. has been delayed for lack of
Iunds. The committee of examination
We're: A. NJ. Powell, James Black, Hon.
/ K. L. P1trnan, Rev A. A Miner Hon Neal
| Dow, appointed by the Seventh National
temperance Convention at Saratoga, and
| much time was spent over the MSS. pre-
sented. "Alcohol in History" is most
valuable addition to temperance literature,
and Invaluable to students of the great ques-
tlon 1t embraces the historical, statistical,
economical and political phases of the re-
| form.
MosBY's WAR "REMINISCENCES AND SrUART's CAV
| AIRY CAMPAIGNS By John S. Nosby, late
Colonel c. s. A. George A. Jones g. Co, pub
| fishers, Boston. Cloth; go pages.
Those who want to read some stirring war
literature will find it in this volume. They
will also find much that is of historical
value. The volume is written i'll an enter
tanning way, and is full of incidents which
are graphically described. The book is well
worth reading not only for the information
1t contains but also for the entertainment it
| gives.
The June number of The Eclectic has an
attractive table of contents. Prof. Huxley
has the place of honor in paper entitled
Science and Pseudo Science" which Sc
verely attacks the Duke of Argyle Carl
Rosa discusses English opera most entertain
lnglyy, and Robert Louis Stevenson, in his
article, ''The Day After Tomorrow at
tempts to show what would be the result
should Henry Georgeism or Social
ism be victorious. H. D. Trail
contributes q suggestive discussion of the
uses of Parliament, which would ap-
ply every whit as well to the United States.
The author of John Halifax talks very
sensibly about the marriage relation and di-
vorce under the head of For Better or
Worse" Baron Tennyson contributes
jubilee poem. There are other articles of
interest. No. 25 Bond street, New York.
The June Wide A,oaIte, with its tempting
frontispiece "The First Day at the Beach"
opens with a stirring story, 1.-THE Chase of
the Meteor" by one of the group of Boston
novelists, Edwin Lasseter Bynner. To keep
company with the frontispiece, is delight
| full pictorial vacation paper, by Amanda B.
| Harris, "Down in Sandwich Town. full of
"reminiscences of Daniel Webster and the
famous salt marshes, old inns, early Mas
sachusetts history, and with it all the Sand
witch glass works But the great feature of
the number is, of course, the opening of the
new serial by Charles Egbert Craddock;
1.-THE Story of Keedon Bluffs" was designed
for ten numbers, but it has been resolved to
give the story entire in five or six numbers.
Mrs. Mollie Moore Davis in her Ga Rose
Blanche" story, "a New Dog" gives a
graphic picture of great crevasse in war
times. Mr. Hopkins in "a Young Prince Of
Commerce" tells how a young bank presi-
dent got his first instructions. D. Lothrop
Company, publishers, Boston.
Sc,-ibne1's Magazine for June has for its
opening article semi-historical and critical
essay, by John c. Ropes, entitled "Some
Illustrations of Napoleon and His Times :"
This is in similar vein to 1.-THE Likenesses
of Julius Cesar which Mr. Ropes con-
tributed to the February number of Scrib-
ner'S. 1t is plentifully Illustrated from the
authors fine collection of Napoleon por-
traits. In 1.-THE Ethics of Democracy" Mr..
F. j. Stimson has set forth few of the
| concentrations to which he has been led by
an elaborate and careful study of the laws
of all our States and Territories. As a
result of frequent visits and long journeys
in Guatemala, w. T. Brigham has given
vigorous outdoor sketch of can Uncom-
mercial Republic The Arcadian simplicity
of this nation is soon to be broken up by
long lines of railroad and competition of
trade. The fiction of this number is rich in
scene and incident, and peculiarly strong in
motive. miss Peck's Promotion" by
Sarah Orne Jewett, is picture of life in one
of the hill towns of Vermont. "Two Rus
slams" by Nora Perry, presents a new side
of Russian official life--the true Liberals, as
opposed to the Conservatives and Nihilists
| There are seven poems, among them "For
an Old Poet" by H. C. Bunner; "An Art
Master" by John Boyle O'Reilly; "Prepara-
tion," by Mrs. James T.. Fields, and 1.-THE
Stonec1Itter," by Elizabeth Akers. Charles
Scribner's Sons, New York.
The Forum is pervaded by a spirit of
liberalty and impartiality, and the June
number in no way falls short of the high
standard which the editors have upheld.
| Cur1ously enough an article in favor Of
| Capital Punishment" comes from the pen
of clergyman, Rev. DR.. j. M. Buckley.
| Prof. Francis L. Patton sees in the recent
| Andover discussions O tendency to old
| Romanistic beliefs, and in his Is Andover
Romanizing@ he points out some very clear
| indications that it is. Lady Lynn Linton
| attacks some worldly follies in her ION
| Things Social" and Andrew Lang, in the
Books That Have Helped Me- opens with
| a characteristic remark: I'm one sense,
there are no books that do not help man,
| and in another, it may be doubted, whether
any books help him at ALL" Other subjects
| discussed in this number are: what is the
Object of Lifer why the Revised Version
| Has Failed "False Notions of Govern
ment," Railway Passes and the Public"
"The Contede of the Pacific" "An Evil of
| Schools, 1.-The Form and Speed of Yachts. "
Forum Publishing Company, 81 Fifth Ave
nue., New York
Mr. Moncure D. Conway opens the hand
some June Magazine of american History
with brilliant leading paper on Fredericks-
burg First and Last, ;" in continuation of his
graphic historical sketches of that old Vir-
| ginia town, begun in the March number of
this excellent publication. Hon. Isaac T.
| Smith, his Siamese majesty's Consul Gen
| eral writes an interesting account OF an old
| Boston Historic Meeting House." accom-
panied with a, quaint picture made
| bv him in 1923. Frank G. Carpen-
ter furnishes delightfully."- readable paper
| on 'sOur Presidents as Horsemen." A nota-
| BILE feature of the magazine this month is
the second valuable contribution by j. G.
Bourinot, LII. D., Of the House Of Commons,
at Ottawa, on Canada During the Vic
torian Era Another June attraction is an
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